In 2024, Millennials were the largest generation group in the United States, making up about 21.81 percent of the population. However, Generation Z was not far behind, with Gen Z accounting for around 20.81 percent of the population in that year.

Millennials were the largest generation group in the United States in 2024, with an estimated population of ***** million. Born between 1981 and 1996, Millennials recently surpassed Baby Boomers as the biggest group, and they will continue to be a major part of the population for many years. The rise of Generation Alpha Generation Alpha is the most recent to have been named, and many group members will not be able to remember a time before smartphones and social media. As of 2024, the oldest Generation Alpha members were still only aging into adolescents. However, the group already makes up around ***** percent of the U.S. population, and they are said to be the most racially and ethnically diverse of all the generation groups. Boomers vs. Millennials The number of Baby Boomers, whose generation was defined by the boom in births following the Second World War, has fallen by around ***** million since 2010. However, they remain the second-largest generation group, and aging Boomers are contributing to steady increases in the median age of the population. Meanwhile, the Millennial generation continues to grow, and one reason for this is the increasing number of young immigrants arriving in the United States.

In 2023, half of Generation Z in the United States were white. In comparison, 48 percent of Gen Alpha were white in that year, making it the first generation that does not have a majority white population in the United States.

In 2023, there were approximately ***** million millennials in the United Kingdom, making it the largest generational cohort at that time. Millennials surpassed the Baby Boomer generation as the largest generation for the first time in 2019. The two youngest generations, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, numbered approximately **** million, and *** million respectively. Gen X are, as of the most recent year, the second-largest generation in the UK at ***** million people, with their parent's generation, the Silent Generation, numbering around *** million people in the same year. There were estimated to be ****** people who belonged to the Greatest Generation, the parents of the Baby Boomer generation, who lived through major events such as the Great Depression and World War Two. Post-War Baby Boom The baby boomer generation was the largest generation for much of this period due to the spike in births that happened after the Second World War. In 1947, for example, there were over *** million live births in the United Kingdom, compared with just ******* live births just thirty years later in 1977. Members of this generation are typically the parents of millennials, and were the driving force behind the countercultural movement of the 1960s, due to their large numbers relative to older generations at the time. The next generational cohort after Boomers are Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980. This generation had fewer members than the Boomer generation for most of its existence, and only became larger than it in 2021. Millennials and Gen Z As of 2022, the most common single year of age in the United Kingdom in 2020 was 34, with approximately ******* people this age. Furthermore, people aged between 30 and 34 were the most numerous age group in this year, at approximately 4.67 million people. As of 2022, people in this age group were Millennials, the large generation who came of age in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many members of this generation entered the workforce following the 2008 financial crash, and suffered through high levels of unemployment during the early 2010s. The generation that followed Millennials, Generation Z, have also experienced tough socio-economic conditions recently, with key formative years dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and an increasingly unstable geopolitical situation.

As of 2021, Millennials and Baby Boomers made up an equal share of the Australian population at around 21.5 percent each, making them the largest generational groups at the time. Those aged 75 years and over made up the smallest portion of the population, followed by Gen Alpha, or those aged 0 to 9 years at the time.

As of December 2023, Generation X was the most represented group among the generations in Germany, at almost **** million people. The second-largest group, Generation Y, comprised around ***** million people.

According to China's most recent population census in 2020, Generation Z (defined as born between 1995 and 2009) accounted for about **** percent of the Chinese population, while Generation Y (defined as born between 1980 and 1994) took up nearly **** percent. The aging society is expected to become a major challenge for China in the coming decades.

As of March 2021, food and beverages accounted for around 28 percent of Generation-Z consumers' monthly spending. Compared to the older generations, Gen-Z consumers spent less on housing but more on entertainment.

In a survey about the distribution of Australian givers to charity conducted in 2021, about 30 percent were from generation Y. Additionally, about 22 percent were baby boomers in that year.

As of 2013, about ** percent of U.S. millionaires were Millennials, aged between 18 and 31.

In recent years, more and more Gen Zers and Millennials are entering the housing market as home buyers or renters. In 2021, almost half of rent applications in the United States were submitted by Millennial apartment seekers. In comparison, Baby Boomers and older were responsible for only ten percent of applications. According to a survey conducted in 2021, a large percentage of Millennials and Gen Zers are not currently saving for a house.

According to a 2023 survey, Americans between 18 and 29 years of age were more likely to identify with the Democratic Party than any other surveyed age group. While 39 percent identified as Democrats, only 14 percent identified ad Republicans. However, those 50 and older identified more with the Republican Party.

A survey from the first half of 2022 in the U.S. found that baby boomers were the generation that watched linear TV most, with a share of ** percent of the total linear TV consumption time. In comparison, both millennials and baby boomers spent the most time watching content on connected TV devices.

As of 2024, Millennials / Generation Y made up the ******* share of both e-cigarettes and vape pen users in the United States (U.S.) by far. Unsurprisingly, Baby Boomer amounted to ************ share of these devices' users.

According to a 2022 survey of millennials and members of Generation Z in New Zealand, ** percent of millennials reported having full-time work and ** percent working part-time. In comparison, around ** percent of the younger Generation Z respondents reported being employed full-time, as a larger percentage of this demographic was pursuing full-time education.

As of 2022, **** percent of Generation Alpha was White in the United States, making them the first generation to have less than **** of their population identifying as White. In that year, **** percent of Gen Alpha was Hispanic and **** percent was Black.

In a survey about social media platforms used in Australia in 2020, 90 percent of millennial respondents said they used Facebook. Interestingly, the only social media platform that had users across all generations was YouTube; millennials and generation Z provided its highest user base with 88 and 91 percent of respondents saying they used the platform.

In 2023, Castile and Leon was the autonomous community that produced the highest amount of electricity from renewable sources in Spain. In that year, the region produced roughly **** percent of the total renewable power generated in the country.

In 2023, Paraná was the leading state in electricity generation in Brazil, accounting for **** percent of the country's output that year. São Paulo ranked second, with a share of **** percent. Brazil's electricity generation stood at almost *** terawatt-hours that year.

According to a survey conducted by Vase.ai on Malaysians' leisure activities during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, ** percent of respondents aged 45 years and above enjoyed exercising during MCO period, while ** percent spent more time on gardening. The Malaysian government issued the MCO period for two weeks from March 18, 2020. It has been extended again to June 9.